Paper jogger



Dec. 11, 1928-. 4 1,694,499

J. A. CARLTON PAPER JOGGER Filed April '7, 1926 z/W/ .l /A/Vin/To: .//wc A. CARLTON.

Patented Dec. 11, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES A. CARLTON, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

PAPER JOGGER.

Application led April 7,

My invention relates to paper adjusters, known in the trade as joggers which are used for the purpose otl straightening up the sides and edges of a pile or stack of paper discharged from the roll ot a multigraph or printing press.

The primary object of my invention is to provide a pneumatic paper jogger that will be positive in action and that can be adjusted to paper of various widths and lengths, and that can, also, be readily attached to and detached from machines now in use.

Another object of my invention is to produce a jogger that can be manufactured at a small cost and operates smoothly without j ar or vibration.

Other and further objects and advantages of my invention will be noted in the specilication, claims and drawings, in which- Fig'. l is a side elevation ot a mimeograph stand showing my device in operation.

Fig. 2 is a plan view ot the same.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal cross-section.

Fig. l is a cross-section ot the compression cylinder and piston.

Fig'. 5 is a plan view of brackets by which my device is attached to the machine.

In automatic printing presses and multigraphs, as well as those operated by hand, the paper is discharged sheet by sheet, and owingl to air currents and the vibration of the machine, the paper does not 'tall in an orderly manner.

The purpose of the jogger is to cause the paper to be stacked in an orderly pile, having vertical sides. I-Ieretotore this has heen accomplished by means of a reciprocable member actuated by a bell crank or some other form of lever arm, and a .spring of rela.- tively strong tension for returning the reciprocating clement. The result ott this construction causes considerable vibration and noise, and other objectionable features.

In order to avoid the objections above outlined. I have devised a pneumatic ogger that may be readily attached to the machine at any convenient `or suitable place, thus avoiding the necessity of a complicated system of levers for transmitting motion thereto.

My invention consists of a reciprocating air compressor, shown in section in Fig. Ll, directly connected by a suitable flexible hose to a cylinder having a piston reciprocable therein,shown in section in Fig. 3.

VThe `air compressor consists of a cylinder 1,

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having a piston 2 reciprocable therein, actuated by a connecting rod 3, which in turn is connected at 4 to a crank arm 5 which rotates in unison with a cog 6 of a conventional multigraph.

The cylinder 1 is connected by means ot any suitable lleXible tubing 7 to a cylinder 8 mounted upon suitable standards 9, while the tubing 7 is joined to the cylinder 8 by means of a tube 10. The same connection may be made by tapping into the inner end of the cylinder 8 and inserting a proper' connection, not shown but indicated as 11.

A face plate 12 is suitably connected to a trunk piston 13, of sufficient length to enable it to properly support the Weight of the face plate 12. The piston 13 is reciprocably fitted into the cylinder 8. i

It is evident that as the piston 2 reciprocates in the cylinder 1, air will be compressed and forced through the tubing 7 into the cylinder 8, thereby causing an outward movement of the face plate and piston 13. As the piston 2 is withdrawn by the crank-aim 5 from the cylinderl, a. vacuum will be created, which will cause the piston 13 to move inwardly, and thus a pulsating movement is established between the pistons 2 and 13.

Should the Vacuum be insuflicient to cause a certain and rapid return of the piston 13, this detect is cured by a light coiled spring 14, attached at one end to the standard 9a by a set screw 15, and at the other end is attached to the face plate 12 by a suitable fastener.

The tube 10 is held against longitudinal movement by the set screw 15. By means ot the said set screw, the face plate may be adjusted to any desired position to suit the size sheet to be printed.

The face plate 12 is limited in its reciprocable movement as shown by the dotted line 16 in Fig. 2.

A like stationary :tace plate 17 is disposed opposite and parallel with the face plate 12, so that the paper is neatly stacked against the face plate 17.

In Fig. 5 is shown a form of clamp which may be used to attach the Working cylinder 1 to the post or leg 18 of a multigraph stand or print-ing press.

rllhe clamp consists of two semi-circular portions 19 and 20, provided with suitable ears to be clamped together by means of tap bolts 21.V One side of the clamp 19 is provided on one side with an ear 22 disposed at right- CII angles to the diameter of the clamp when closed. An identical clamp, with identical parts, is used to clamp the cylinder l and hold it against longitudinal motion.

Inasmuch as it is necessaryfor the cylinder l to oscillate when connected to the crank l, the two brackets shown in Fig. 5 are pivetally joined together by means of a tap bolt 23, holding the ears 22 ot' the brackets in pivotal connection with each other.

lt has been Yfound by experience that in operating my pneumatic jogger, that on starting the machine suddenly after it has been standing inoperative for a time, the piston requires several strolies to gain sulicient air to' canse the jogger to respond. To overcome this defect, a vent hole, not shown, is drilled through the cyliiuier at 2li, which permits su'llicient air to be drawn in on a single stroke of the piston to cau se the to respond with regular pulsating movements.

Ha ving fully described my invention, what claim as new and useful and desire to secure by Letters Patent is Y l. A pnenn'iatic `paper jogger of the class described, comprising rcciprocable vertically disposed plate, a piston connected therewith and adapted to reciprocate, stationary cylinder for the piston, another cylinder, a ilexible tube joining and afiording communication between said cylinders, a piston reciprocable ther in, and mea-ns for causing sai d last-named piston to reciprocate and to alternately compress and rarity the air in the tube and cylinders to thereby reciprocate said plate.

2. A pneumatic' paper jogger of the class described, comprising cylinder having a pist-on reciprocable therein, a crank, and a connecting rod between the crank and pieton, means for rotating said crank thereby reciprocating said piston, a hollow flexible tube joined to one end of said cylinder and in open communication therewith, whereby air compressed by said piston in said cylinder is forced into the said flexible tube, inea-ns for pivotally connecting said cylinder in an operative position on a multigraph or printing machine, another cylinder and piston carried thereby, said piston having an extension rigid therewith guided to move in a straight path by said cylinder, a jogger plate having a vertically disposed lace rigid with said piston extension arid supported thereby, the tube having fluid tight connections with second mentioned cylinder baci: of the se"- ond mentioned piston, whereby said second mentioned piston is reciprocated in unison with the first mentioned piston when the said first mentioned piston is reciprocated, and means for longitudinallyA adjusting the second namedy cylinder.

3. Jogging mechanism for paper shee s, comprising a table adapted to receive the sheets, a movably mounted member carried thereby and arranged to jog the sheets to stack them, fluid operated means connected to the member to move it, a. conduit connected to said means, and mechanism acting alternately to cause compression and rarilication of iluid in the conduit, whereby the member is reciprocated.

il. in a jogging mechanism for paper sheets, the combination of a jogging member, fluid operated means to move such men ber, mechanism operated in timed relation to the paper delivery mechanism to cause :y re pressoir-e, and conduit connecting said mechanism with the fluid operated means and containing fluid.

5. ln a. jogging mechanism for paper sheets, the combination of a printii'ig mechanisni ei'ju'ipped with delivery means, paper table adjacent thereto, a jogg" member movably mounted on the table to act on t -e paper delivered by the delivery means, a conduit for fluid, mechanism operated in timed relation with the paper delivery means for pressing on said fluid to nieve it in said conduit, and mechanism operated by the pressure (t said fluid at the other end of the conduit operating the jogging member. 6. ln a. ogging mechanism for paper sheets two cylinders and a tube connecting them, a plunger in each cylinder, a jogging member connected with one plunger and means for reciprocating the other plunger in timed relation to paper delivering mechanism to actuate the jogger through the medium of fluid intercommunicating between the cylinders through a tube. Y

7. Paper jogging mechanism` for a printing machine having means for receiving sheets from the machine, comprising a paper jogging member movably mounted on said receiving scans, fluid pressure operated means for actuating the jogging member positioned adjacent said member, fluid pressure generating means drivingly connected to t-he printing mechanism, and fluid conducting means connecting the generating means with said fluid pressure operated means.

8. Paper jogging mechanism for a printing machine having means for receiving sl from the machine, comprising a jogging member inovab'ly mounted on said receiving means,- fluid pressure operated means for reciprocating` the jogging member adjustabiy mounted on said receiving means, fluid pressure generating means drivingly connected to the printing mechanism, and fluid conducting means connecting the generating means with said fluid pressure operated means;

9. in con'ibinati with a printing machine havingmea'ns for receivingprinted sheets, paper joggi cipr'ocable jogging member mounted on said means to engage the sheets after they are fed from the machine, fluid pressure operated means arranged to reciprocate the jogging mechanism comprising a. re-V lOl] Cal

member, and means driven by the printing machine for actuating said fluid pressure operated means.

10. In combination with a printing machine, a table for receiving printed sheets, paper jogging mechanism comprising a jogging member movably mounted on said table to engage the sheets after they are fed from the machine, Huid pressure operated means for moving the jogging member in one direction, lneans driven by the printing :machine for actuating said fluid pressure operated means, and constantly acting means tending to move the jogging member inthe opposite direction.

11. In combination with a printing machine, a table for receiving the printed sheets, a jogging member mounted on the table for reciprocating motion, a plunger and cylinder, said plunger being connected to the jogging member, fluid pressure generating means drivingly connected to a movable element of the printing machine, and a fluid tight conduit connection between said means and the cylinder, the generating means being arranged to intermittently compress fluid in the conduit to actuate the plunger' in one direction, and constantly acting means tending to move the plunger in the opposite direction.

12. In combination with a printing machine, a table for receiving sheets printed by the machine, paper jogging mechanism comprising a reciprocatable member mounted on the table, a-plunger rigid with the reciprocatable member, a longitudinally adjustable cylinder slidably engaging the plunger, a spring for causing the plunger to be retracted into the cylinder, a tube having a fluid tight connection at one end with the interior of the cylinder and means at the other end of the tube and operated by the printing mechanism for intermittently compressing fluid contained in the tube.

13. Paper jogging mechanism for a printing machine comprising a plunger member adapted to be connected with a movable element of the machine in such manner that the plunger is reciprocated when the machine is operated to print, a relatively stationary sleeve slidably fitting the plunger, another sleeve mounted upon the paper receiving tray of the machine, means establishing fluid tight communication between the two sleeves, and a plunger slidably fitting the said second mentioned sleeve having means connected therewith to engage the paper on such tray, whereby the reciprocating movement of the first nalned plunger imparts a reciprocating movement to the other plunger to jog the paper. Y

14. In combination with a printing machine, paper jogging mechanism comprising a plunger member having a crank connection with a rotatable element of the machine whereby the plunger is reciprocated when the machine is operated to print, a sleeve pivoted to the machine frame and slidably fitting the plunger, another sleeve adapted to be mounted upon the paper receiving tray of the machine and having a fluid tight conduit connection with the first mentioned sleeve, and a plunger slidably fitting the said second mentioned sleeve having means connected therewith to engage the paper on such tray, whereby the reciprocating movement of' the first named plunger imparts a reciprocating movement to the other plunger to og the paper.

15. In combination with a printing machine having a frame and paper receiving tray, a jogging member' movable on the tray, two sleeves, one mounted on the frame and the other on the tray, a flexible fluid tight connection between the sleeves, plungers in each of the sleeves, one being connected to said jogging member, the other having an operating connection with a movable element of the machine, whereby, when the machine is operated to print, one plunger reciprocates the other through the medium of fluid contained in the said connection to effect the jogging of the paper.

16. Jogging mechanism Jfor paper sheets adapted to operate in conjunction with a printing machine, comprising pneumatically operated means and a paper jogging member connected therewith to be moved thereby, a pressure chamber and means movable therein to compress air in the chamber, a conduit having fluid tight connections with said chamber and first named means, means for driving the said movable means from the printing machine, and means for periodically opening the chamber to atmospheric pressure for the purpose specified.

17. In a device of the character described a movable work performing member, a plunger connected therewith, a pressure chamber in which the plunger' slides, another pressure chamber and tubular means connecting the chambers, a piston movable in said other chamber and means for reciprocating it to move the plunger by means of a column of air in the tubular means, and means for periodically admitting air at atmospheric pressure into the second named pressure chamber, whereby substantially the same density of air is maintained in such column, during successive operations of the piston to thereby govern the working .stroke of the work performing member.

In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature this 4th day of March 1926.

JAMES A. CARLTON. 

